Sentences with phrase «laughing gulls»

Laughing Gull Cottage is a St. Augustine Beach Vacation Rental home from First Choice Florida Vacation Rentals, LLC.

It was originally named after a large population of laughing gulls that returned each year to breed.

So, to solve the airport's laughing gull problem, Buckley and McCarthy suggested making the airport unattractive to the birds.

Named for the so - called laughing gull flocks that once were the island's only residents, Laughing Bird Caye is partly a protected nature reserve and part adventure destination.

But seagulls are the main attraction, culminating in a series of misbehaving laughing gulls inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins.

Laughing Gull Cottage is a beautiful two bedroom, one bathroom single family home.

In the 1980s, laughing gulls (Larus atricilla) flew into New York's John F. Kennedy Airport from nearby marshland and started bathing and feeding on runways and grass.

Chuck Hunter, an ornithologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Atlanta, says royal terns and Sandwich terns (named for the town of Sandwich, along England's southeast coast), along with brown pelicans, black skimmers and laughing gulls, are among the birds most likely to come into contact with oil as the spill comes closer to shore.

Passing through The birds rescued so far include northern gannets, pelicans, a sora, a magnificent frigatebird and laughing gulls, along with a handful of unexpected species like rock doves and a cattle egret that are not generally expected to come into contact with the oil.

For some seabirds, such as the laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla), the Deepwater Horizon impact translates into an estimated loss of more than 30 % of its Gulf of Mexico population.

If you live in or around Fairhope, Alabama («a dozen miles as the laughing gull would fly across the bay from the port city of Mobile») you might be lucky enough to know Sonny Brewer, the owner of the Over The Transom Bookstore in Fairhope.

Laughing gulls, as well as royal, caspian and other terns are seen on occasion, as are brown and red - footed boobies.

Measuring over two acres in size, the Laughing Bird Caye National Park is a protected nature reserve just 11 miles off the coast of the Placencia Peninsula, home to the laughing gull and dozens of other species of birds, marine mammals and flora.

The Caye gets its name from the Laughing Gull (Larus artricilla).

Eleven miles off the coast of Placencia Village is the beautiful island named after the Laughing Gull bird.

The unique place gets its name from the laughing gull that comes to the island to breed.

The Laughing Gull Cottage is just a few minutes from historic downtown St. Augustine, where there is plenty of food, shopping and tourist sites.

The island gets its name from the Laughing Gull bird that once used the caye for a breeding ground.

The name Laughing Bird Caye is in honor of a local bird called Larus artricilla (the Laughing Gull); unfortunately tourism has forced these birds to move to a quieter area.

It was also interesting to hear that the laughing gulls have started to return to the island due to the conservation efforts that have been instituted by the park rangers that live onsite.

Highlight: The laughing gulls after which the isle is named have moved on, but herons, blackbirds and pelicans can often be seen.

Of course, the bird count at Wave Hill was just part of the more widespread count throughout the Bronx, whose coordinator, Michael Bochnik, told us that highlights among the more than 100 species observed in the borough were a snowy owl, great egret, laughing gull, barred owl, saw - whet owl, Nashville warbler and two orange - crowned warblers.